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Alexander Kane, at left, AJ Saulnier, Jeremiah Whitman and Jordan Lincoln perform at an open mic night in downtown Farmington Sunday, July 17. A number of attendees took to the mic to perform songs, read poems and tell stories at Farmington Pride’s first reoccurring Open Mic Night, which Saulnier said is intended to help the local LGBTQ+ community find belonging while also giving any person a platform to share their art and creativity. Saulnier joined the other three performers, who make up the band Songs For The End Times, to perform Saulnier’s original song “An Open Conversation.” Kay Neufeld/Franklin Journal
Kay Neufeld is a business reporter with the Portland Press Herald, covering labor, unions and Maine's workforce; lobstering, fisheries and the working waterfront. They also love telling stories that illustrate...
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